September 3, 2010

Dear Parents,

This has been a great week in Kindergarten. The class has started to practice breaking into groups and using at least one literacy center during phonics/reading time. In the next couple weeks, the children will be introduced to more center rotations, and will be quite comfortable with the morning routine. Here are some of the other things the children have been working on this week:

In reading, the children listened to the story Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! The children compared the ways they got ready for school to the main character, and the school activities they both enjoyed. Everyone used watercolors to create their chalkboard pictures of their favorite parts of Kindergarten. They also listened to, and actively retold the story Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Afterwards, they each made their own “coconut tree”.

In phonics, the class focused on the letter “Mm”. They listened to the song “Marvin the Monkey” for “Mm” words, drew pictures, and either sounded out the words themselves or dictated them to me.

In writing, everyone contributed to a class chart about their friends in the classroom. They practiced tracking the print of their own sentence, and reinforced the words “my” and “is” from last week’s chart.

In math, the focus continues to be on sorting. This week the children had to sort objects by using two attributes. Everyone loves to sort, especially when they can write on the computer and project it on the board.

In science, the children started talking about the difference between living and nonliving things.

In religion, the children learned about the Bible. They also had their first experience with the K for J program the school is implementing this year. The children met with the other school students that make up their faith family, and started to learn about the virtue of hard work.

Updates and Information

· September 6th – No school

· September 7^th – Parent Night, hope to see you there.

· September 8^th - Picture Day , this is a non-uniform day. No jeans.

I think that is all for the week. Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Virginia Schreffler

Leading the journey in faith and knowledge since 1860